How Did Ovid Wrote The Art Of Love

Poetry is oftentimes associated with the subjects of love and romance. Poets throughout the ages have used this medium to express their deepest emotions in the most eloquent of ways. Whether the poet is a man or woman is irrelevant. Poets of both genders have succeeded in expressing a heartfelt love to another with a poetic language that speaks volumes in a relatively short amount of text. Two poets from two separate eras each wrote a poem with just such a theme. Anne Bradstreet in “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and Edgar Allan Poe in “Annabel Lee” created magic by writing these poems that express a love for another that transcends time and place.

Aristophanes views erotic love as a punishment originating from God (Solomon & Higgins, 1991, p. 18). A punishment due to the fact that erotic love involves searching for our soulmate and until we find our missing half, we are incomplete (Solomon & Higgins, 1991, pp. 18-19). Comparatively, Alcibiades views on erotic love is shown in how he longs for his love interest, Socrates. Unfortunately, Alcibiades pursuit of Socrates fails and he experiences being rejected by Socrates (Solomon & Higgins, 1991, pp. 30-31). Thus, representing how erotic love can be cruel and is a risk that can result in feeling pain and suffering. Initially, Socrates view of erotic love started with the idea that we desire love because we lack an object of beauty or goodness (Solomon & Higgins, 1991, p. 22). Through Diotima, Socrates comes to understand that his search for knowledge is inspired by love and as a result, he finds wisdom beautiful (Solomon & Higgins, 1991, pp. 23-24). According to Diotima, she views erotic love as existing somewhere “between ignorance and wisdom” (Solomon & Higgins, 1991, p. 23). Diotima explains to Socrates that the truth about love is the desire for an enduring possession of the good (Solomon & Higgins, 1991, p. 24). According to Diotima, immortality can be accomplished through procreation or creating new ideas to educate the next generation (Solomon & Higgins, 1991, pp. 24-25).

His lust contradicts the divine will, where sex is only functioned as the tool of procreation (Confessions, Book II, Chap. 2). Even after Augustine arrives at Carthage, where he is supposed to study, he is surrounded by a hissing cauldron of lust (Confessions, Book III, 1). The increased level of devotion to sex and more undisguised ways Augustine utilizes to express his horny minds indicate his developing enthusiasm in lust. He says, “to love and to have my love returned was my heart’s desire, and it would be all sweeter if I could also enjoy the body of the one who loved me” (Confessions, Book III, 1). Not as later when he realizes that truth of God and knowledge of wisdom are more important, he still adores the shallow fleshy satisfaction. At the early stage of his life, Augustine uses sex to satisfy his personal demand and commits this sinful act against God. He prioritizes his personal satisfaction beyond his pursuit of God. Similarly, Aeneas arrives at Carthage and is trapped in the love of Queen Dido. He falls into the abyss of love and lust, where he commits illicit sex with Dido in the cave (Aeneid, Book IV, 219). He experiences transient diversion from his purpose to build his lineage in Rome. His people build city walls for Carthage instead for

Odysseus has shown this many times throughout the poem, but mainly his disloyalty shines through in love. One may say that “love hurts” is a major theme in this epic, escecially for Odysseus wife Penelope. Penelope has waited 20 long years for her husband to return home to her and their son Telemachus. She has avoided the “love-hungry” suitors and stayed loyal to her husband, not sleeping with anyone, but much to her dismay Odysseus has cheated on her more than once. Once, while on Kirke’s island where Odysseus says, “’ I entered Kirke’s flawless bed of love/’” (X. 390). And twice again on Calypso’s Island, the “hero” Odysseus sleeps with a women other than his wife, adding to the long list of why he is not a modern

- We can take an educated guess at how the original audience perceived Odysseus’ infidelity on his wife by looking at the culture of the Ancient Greeks. During this time period in Greece, it was acceptable for a man to cheat on his wife because he was exercising his “manly” sexual appetite. Another example of this explanation is the sexual adventures of the king of gods, Zeus, who slept with many women. Although, there were probably many in the audience who disagreed with Odysseus’s infidelity, his actions carried no serious consequences. While his wife’s faithfulness is cherished by the audience, if she hadn’t been so loyal she would face all kinds of discrimination.

The poem “love poem” is by John Frederick Nims it is a one hundred and seventeen word poem with six verses of four lines in each, the second and also fourth lines rhyme with each other. This poem is very descriptive and has a lot of meaning in it just by the words this poet chooses to use and also in his style of writing. The first three words of this poem he was either speaking or addressing to his beloved one it said “My clumsiest dear”. We quickly learn that this is the woman he loves and that she nearly breaks everything she comes across, “her hands wreak disasters” “shipwreck vases”. They are like proverbial bulls in a china shop, he mentions and they catch in fine cloth like the burrs of weeds. In this poems first couple of verses mostly

A poem is a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and that often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanza structure. In her poem, “Variations of the Word ‘“love”’,” Margaret Atwood introduces to her audience the word “love” from many different perspectives. Google defines “love” as “an intense feeling of deep affection”, or “having a deep feeling or sexual attachment to (someone).” But “love” is not something that can easily be described. Atwood goes on to present and portray the word through different illustrations, beginning with cliché examples and ending with her own personal scenarios. The author’s tone and metaphorical language effectively conveys her perspective of “love”.

Love, in classical Greek literature, is commonly considered as a prominent theme. Love, in present days, always appears in the categories of books, movies or music, etc. Interpreted differently by different people, Love turns into a multi-faceted being.

Following his infidelity with Circe, Odysseus stayed with Calypso for seven years until Zeus commanded Calypso to set him free. Odysseus begs, “My quiet Penelope-how well I know- would seem a shade before your majesty” (Calypso, the Sweet Nymph. 114-115). Additionally, this was not true love because he was already in love with Penelope and did not actually feel romantic love for Calypso, and was forced to sleep with her. Therefore, Odysseus justified his infidelity and commitment to adultery by boasting his masculinity and explaining that he was forced to sleep with the other women in order to free himself and his followers. Odysseus exclaims, “Down to the ship Eurylochus came running to cry alarm, foul magic doomed his men!” (The Enchantress Circe. 577-578). Homer and Odysseus reasoned their infidelity by explaining that it was the only thing Odysseus could do to free his people. This evidence shows a reader that love is not from being forced to commit adultery and loving a person

Some would say that some of the greatest works of love literature of all time were written during the Renaissance era; passages and the truest forms of love. Two poets that stood out to me that claimed that they had captured the true essence of love in their poems were William Shakespeare and John Donne. While Donne and Shakespeare wrote many poems, and works on the subject of love the two that seem to capture the quintessential and transcendental love that was often described in this era are The Sun Rising by John Donne, and chapter three, act five from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, also known as Romeo and Juliet’s Dawn Song. While Romeo and Juliet’s dialogue is similar to The Sun

The view Ovid takes on women is not always clear. In some passages he has a violent perspective on women. Ovid writes about how he easily could have taken advantage of women, displaying a negative viewpoint of ownership towards females. Similarly he says “never a virgin there was free from the lust of a hand”, which shows that men desire women, and a virgin is held as a high prize, one that is worth committing the act of adultery for (Art 1. 89-126).

with some very different views of love as brought to us by Agathon, Phaedrus and

Overdosing on the drug Love is something that many people do quite often without even knowing it, until they experience the withdrawal symptoms. Book IV of the Aeneid by Virgil focuses mainly on Queen Dido and Aeneas’s love relationship. After Queen Dido falls in love with Aeneas he leaves her in Carthage to go focus on his own duties. Dido doesn't take this very well and the withdrawal symptoms of the love they had are fatal. Love is just as powerful as a drug.

An example of this would be when Aphrodite “seduce men for the fun of it” (Harris and Platzner 133). But to follow the story line of Ovid, one must then look to book 15 in relation to the story of Apollo and Daphne. Ovid speaks of the deification of Julius and Augustus Caesar, making them gods of the city and placing them above all the people of the city. This sounds familiar to when Cupid told Apollo that he was “far above all creatures” (Ovid 952). Then why did Augustus bring back the empire? Was it to restore order for the good of the people or was it to bring back order to show the power that the emperor has over the city. Reflecting on the story of Apollo and Daphne, Cupid uses his magical powers, not for the betterment of Daphne, but only to better his glory by outwitting and humiliating Apollo at Daphne’s expense. Similarly, Apollo uses his status as a god to try and convince Daphne to submit to his desires, as if being a god will change Daphne’s mind, but Daphne is only a pawn in a battle between these

Poetry is oftentimes associated with the subjects of love and romance. Poets throughout the ages have used this medium to express their deepest emotions in the most eloquent of ways. Whether the poet is a man or woman is irrelevant. Poets of both genders have succeeded in expressing a heartfelt love to another with a poetic language that speaks volumes in a relatively short amount of text. Two poets from two separate eras each wrote a poem with just such a theme. Anne Bradstreet in “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and Edgar Allan Poe in “Annabel Lee” created magic by writing these poems that express a love for another that transcends time and place.